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Patented Jan. 15. 867.

J. W. BUTTRIGK. n

Corn-Planter.

OGAPHER. WASHINGT JOHN- W. BUT'IRICK, OF FARMINGTON, WISCONSIN.'

.Letters .Patent No. 61,153, dated January 15, 1867.

'IMPROVEMENT IN SEED-PRINTERS.

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. TO ALL WI-IOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beit known that I, JOHN W. BUT'LRICK, of Farmington, Jefferson county, Wisconsin, have invented a new and improved Seed and O'orn-Ilanter; and I do hcrcby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top view.

Figure 2 is a side view, with one wheel broken away to show the arrangement of parts.

Figure 3 is a vertical'section of feed-box, showing position of parts when not seeding.

Figure tis a vertical section of feed-box, showing position of parts when feeding; and

Figure 5 is a vertical sectionthrough lever I and brake Gr.

The natureof my invention relates to that class of seed and corn-planters that have a reciprocating insteadof a rotary feed, and consists, rst, in the employment on the side or inner periphery ofthe drivingwheel of a zigzag or ratchet-cam for driving-the feeding device, so 'constructed as to impart to the feedingcups or4 mechanismY (between the. points o f dropping) a continuous shaking movement, to insure by agitation of thehseed the filling of the cups; second, in the employment, substantially as hereinafter described, of a brake to enable the operator, when the machine fails to drop in cross-rows, to stop the driving-wheel sniiciently to make the rows to check crosswise. A

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I dill proceed to describe its construction and operation.

vIl provide my machine with the ordinary appendages, as a tongue -or pole, F, whille-trees W X, seat B and J, shovels or hoes U, and support the frame G D E and C on the axle B of the wheels-A A. One of these wheels, as A, has a zigzag or ratchet-cam, Z, that Works against the end of the bar N,lthat is attached to and makes apart of the sliding feed-bar Q. This feed-bar .Works in the feed-boxes Y and Y', and is operated in one direction by the cam, and in the other the spring P, which holds the end of the part N rmly against the cam.- The feed-bar has ineach feed-box Y Y a distributing cup, t', that can be diminished or enlarged at pleasure by means of the adjustable closing-slide K, and its retaining-screw m. The feed-bar Qdworks on the part C of the frame, through which is an orifice, Z, opening directly` into or over the shovels or hoes U. This orifice is so adjusted with reference to the distributing cups 'that the latter are only iny line directly over the former, and hence can only part with its measure of seed when the feed-bar is in the position shown by iig. 4, and the dotted red line in iig. l; tor, in otherwords, when the part N, driven by the spring P, falls into the deeper indentation e of the cam -Z. These deeper indentations should be equally distant apart, and their distance apart, measured on the periphery of the wheel A should be the same as the desired distance between the rows.. The other and lesser indentations e are for the purpose of shaking the feed-bar Q, therebyIagitating the grain and preventing it from choking up or bridging over the cups, 'so insuring a great desideratum, 'equal and constant distribution of seed. By throwing the lever K'over the stop L to the position shown by the .dpttcd lines K', the feed-bar Q and part N are carried back to `the position shown by the dotted black lines, secure from the'eli'ect or action of the cam Z, and, consequently, the machine is out of feed. To stop the driving- Wheel A for the purpose of checking the rows, I employ the brake G, figs. I, 2, and 4, that is retained in position and allowed only a longitudinal movement, by means of the dat-headed bolts or pins a a, that play in the slots or mortises n n. The brake G is operated by the lever I, that takes bearing in the fulcrum-pieee' H, and by means of which the brake G is forced against the wheel A, and between the pins or projections c, so causing the`wheel to stop. To keep the brake away from the wheel while the machine is in use, I generally employ a spring, 6, gs. 2 and 5. The shovels or hoes Il are attached to a supporting-bar, S, and are pressedinto the groun'd and raised out of the ground, respectively, by the levers It and M.

f What I claim as new, and for which I desire Letters Patent, is-

1. The cam Z, when constructed and used substantially in the manner and for the purposcsct forth.

2. The combination and arrangement of the cam Z, feed-bar Q,spring P, and part M. substantially as and for the purpose set forth. y

3. 'lhe combination and arrangement of the cam Z, feed-bar Q, and shut-olf lever K, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. y

4. The combination of the wheel A', constructed with the cam Z, and pins c, and the brake G, and operating-lever I, when constructed and used'substantially as and for vthe purpose set forth.

5. The combination and arrangement ofthe sho`vels U, and operating-bars or levers R and M, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

" JOHN W. BUTTRICK.

Witnesses:

S. D. LooKE, E. GVBnLL. 

